The Mechanics of Modernity in Europe and East Asia: Institutional Origins of Social Change and StagnationWhy, from the eighteenth century onwards, did some countries embark on a path of sustained economic growth, while others stagnated? This text looks at the kind of institutions that are required in order for change to take place, and Ringmar concludes that for sustained development to be possible, change must be institutionalized. Taking a global view, Ringmar investigates the implications of his conclusion on issues facing the developing world today. |
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... couple of centuries it is because capitalism perpetually has changed them. As a moment's reflection makes obvious, however, capitalism cannot possibly be the original cause of all the changes that take place in modern society. The reason ...
... couple of centuries it is because capitalism perpetually has changed them. As a moment's reflection makes obvious, however, capitalism cannot possibly be the original cause of all the changes that take place in modern society. The reason ...
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... reflection ends and action begins. It is the entrepreneur who actualises the potential that reflection has discovered; it is he or she or it who brings new things into the world. While entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship usually are ...
... reflection ends and action begins. It is the entrepreneur who actualises the potential that reflection has discovered; it is he or she or it who brings new things into the world. While entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship usually are ...
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... reflection and entrepreneurship will last, that is, unless society is tolerant of pluralism—the coexistence of different, perhaps contradictory, projects, entities, beliefs and ways of life. When taken together, these three steps—reflection ...
... reflection and entrepreneurship will last, that is, unless society is tolerant of pluralism—the coexistence of different, perhaps contradictory, projects, entities, beliefs and ways of life. When taken together, these three steps—reflection ...
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... a story of how the institutions responsible for self-reflection, entrepreneurship and pluralism came to be established, how they developed and changed. This book Time to briefly recapitulate. What more than anything.
... a story of how the institutions responsible for self-reflection, entrepreneurship and pluralism came to be established, how they developed and changed. This book Time to briefly recapitulate. What more than anything.
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... reflection, entrepreneurship and pluralism are highly institutionalised. Reflection, entrepreneurship and pluralism are ways of making sure that the potentialities that exist in social life are converted into actualities. Everything ...
... reflection, entrepreneurship and pluralism are highly institutionalised. Reflection, entrepreneurship and pluralism are ways of making sure that the potentialities that exist in social life are converted into actualities. Everything ...
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